10/08/08 Administrators Blog

To: Pastors, Church Leaders, and other Friends around the world!
From: John Ruotsala, “Your Foreign Mission Administrator”

Hello Fellow Christians! God’s Peace!

This is our second weekly communication! I was so happy to hear from so many of you this past week. Much has happened in our world since last week.

I would truly encourage you to look to Jesus, our Lord and Savior, for all your strength and comfort! Always look to Him, especially in times like these. Many of you may be hearing the news of how great turmoil the world is in. Even in the USA there are many great problems with our economy. This has many people in fear of how to pay their bills, and where their daily bread will come from. Please remember that our daily bread (all things) is supplied by the Lord. We often ask him for our Daily Bread in the Lord’s Prayer. In the Bible the promise is that He provides food for even the birds. He will surely provide us with food and shelter. Too often it seems there may not be enough food, good enough shelter, and often we want this or that that we do not have. This is because of the fall in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. Sin entered into the world and continues to molest today. There is also much death and dying due to the fall. Two weeks ago, I lost a precious 3 year old great nephew to cancer. Last night we lost a young mother in our community to cancer. Death and dying is all around us due to the fall of man. Much other sadness and sin sickness has been in the world since the fall.

However, the Lord, through his infinite wisdom and love, has provided an escape from all of this! That Escape, that Healer, the Feeder, that Comforter, Physician, The Mighty One, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, is our Lord Jesus Christ! Through Him we overcome! He has already won the victory for us! The devil had been defeated! Let us lay hold of this by faith. Let us believe and continue to believe that all our sins are forgiven through the Name of Jesus and His precious cleansing blood! He has bought us back! He has redeemed us! He has made us whole! When we deserved nothing but punishment, he has loved us and died for us! Praise our Lord for this!

Believe Dear Christian Friend, that the victory is yours! The victory is for each one that lays hold by faith of all that Jesus has done! With Him we are the richest of the rich! Because of our Lord Jesus, we can look forward toward the day when will have all the Glories of Heaven forever, and be worshipping Him eternally! What a Day that will be when My Jesus I see in that Beautiful City of Gold!

It is so nice to know that so many around the world, in so many countries, have this same living Hope of Glory through Christ Jesus! So many looking to be in Heaven one Day! So many that Worship our Lord! It is such as joy that believers not only have this eternal joy and happiness to look forward to, but we have the right to Peace that passes all understanding while here on earth!. A joy unspeakable! Life in Christ Jesus is the best possible life one can have! No matter what comes, Christians are safe in the arms of Jesus! They can truly say, This is the Day that the Lord hath made, let us be glad and rejoice in it!

I truly get overjoyed just typing these words out to my Christian friends and to anyone that will listen.. It seems like I could just keep typing, but I promised to keep these short so I will stop.

May God Truly Bless Your day and week! Be Always Found in Christ Jesus our Lord! Love, John Ruotsala (Please see below also)

Business Section:
In responding to last weeks email, some of you have said that you would like to be able to listen to sermons preached by pastors in the USA via skype. In order to start setting this up, please provide me with the following information.
Do you have a working computer in your church or home (most do not, but a cell phone works) 2) what is your cell phone number? 3) Do you have a translator of English available for the service time? 4) What day and time is best for you to have these sermons? 5) What is your time zone? 6) How many people would be listening? 7) Do you have a microphone speaker system that you can put the cell phone near to people can hear well? If interested, please respond!